Review of the World War and Other History Making Events of Year 917
Donald F. Biggs chronicles a year of upheaval with the United States entering World War I, the Russian revolutions, and major offensives across Europe. It notes the submarine menace, Greece and Italy’s shifts, war growls in Russia, and key diplomatic moves from Wilson and Pope Benedict.
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United States of America
American Republic
Germany
Nicholas
Russia
United States
West Front
Arras
Flanders
St. Quentin
Austria
Tolmino
Adriatic
Italy
China
Cuba
Brazil
Silom
Constantine
Greece
France
Roumania
Wilson
Wuson
Senate
Cunard
Laconia
Irish
War Congress and Early U S War Efforts Chronicle
The piece recalls the first war session of the Sixth Congress opening April 2 and outlines major acts from bonds and treasury powers to conscription and taxation. It lists key laws and incidents from 1917 including Espionage Act passage, air service funding, food control, and notable disasters and naval events through December.
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United States
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
Germany
House
Senate
Wilson
War and Navy Departments
Disasters in 1917 Worldwide Fire Explosions Earthquakes
A 1917 overview notes major catastrophes worldwide including a January 5 earthquake in F ormosa killing 300, January 25 Bali Island quake killing 50, and a February 2 Chicago tenement explosion that claimed 25 lives.
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Formosa
Bali Island
Malay Archipelago
Chicago
1917 Labor Unrest Shapes U S War Effort and Costs
Industrial unrest marked 1917 as war conditions pressed the United States. Rail and shipyard strikes tested government mediation, Supreme Court rulings backed wage laws, and deportations and layoffs intensified. Labor leaders backed the war effort despite antiwar action and rising living costs.
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United States
United States Supreme Court
Arizona
Bigbee
Ariz
Industrial Workers of the World
Gallup
N. M
Frank Little
W. W
Butte
Mont
Eastern
San Francisco
Wilson
American Federation of Labor
Buffalo
Four Brotherhoods
Wilson names Hoover food head and sets coal and wheat prices
In 1917, President Wilson appointed Herbert C. Hoover head of the food control board after the Belgian relief work. Hoover then became food administrator. Wilson fixed basic coal prices in producing districts on August 21. Dr. H A Garfield named fuel administrator on August 23. The Wheat Committee set the 1917 crop price at $2.20 per bushel on August 30.
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Wilson
Herbert C. Hoover
Food Control Board
Congress
Mr. Hoover
H. A. Garfield
United States
United States Wheat Committee
Nation's Virgin Islands Purchase and 1919 Riots Summary
The Danish West Indies became U.S. territory on January 27 and were renamed the Virgin Islands. Major 1919 riots occurred in East St. Louis on July 2 and in Houston on August 23, with numerous deaths. Thirty-two people, including thirteen negroes, were executed or given life terms for Houston race riot participation. Officials pursued prosecutions, a congressional inquiry followed, and a constitutional amendment for national prohibition moved toward the states after both chambers passed it.
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Danish West Indies
Denmark
United States
Virgin Islands
East St. Louis
Twenty-fourth U. S. Infantry
Houston
Tex
New York
Chicago
Judge Hylan
Fusion
Milwaukee
Wis
San Antonio
House of Representatives
Senate
Mexico and United States Thaw After 1916 Crisis
The U S and Mexico moved past the two year threat of war as World War I drew U S focus. Pershing withdrew troops on February 5 after nearly a year in Mexico. March 11 Carranza won the presidency and order began to return. In November Villa forces seized Ojinaga near the border prompting Carranza troops to flee and be interned in the United States.
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United States
Mexico City
Germany
Mexico
Japan
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
United States Department of State
Germain War
China
Shanghai
Nicholas
Czar Nicholas
The
Duma
Council of Ministers
Prince Looff
West Front
Nnuther Arras
Soissons
City
Memphis
Danois
Vigilancia
Wilson
Congress
Healdton
Senate
House of Representatives
Cuba
Austria-Hungary
Arras
Reims
Vacuum
Simms
Atlantic
Russia
Wkrenstadt
Petrograd
American Commission
Elihu Root
American Railroad Commission
John ¥. Stevens
Kronstadt
John J. Pershing
France
Longon
Washington
Constantine
Balkans
Great Britain
Alexander
London
Sibert
Eleutherios Venizelos
Bulgaria
Turkey
Kerensky
Galicia
Prince Lvoff
Chan
Cellor von Bethmann-Hollweg
Georg Michaelis
Stam
Flanders
Dixmude
Warnéton
Pope Benedict
Tormino
Adriatic Sea
Monte Santo
Isonzo
Liberia
Benedict
Korniloff
Alexieff
Teuton
Italy
Antilles
Peru
Uruguay
Brazil
Ostend
George von Hertling
Michaels
North Sea
Finland
Taglamento
Piave
Plave
St. Quentin
Scarpe
Byng
Hindenburg
Cambrai
Bolsheviks
M. Lenine
Carranza
General Pershing
Carran Zz
Republic
Villa
Aids
Ojinaga
Political unrest and revolutions across nations in 1917
In 1917 a wave of unrest and revolutions touched many countries. Russia saw czar abdication. Greece faced royalist upheaval. China endured monarchist attempts and civil war. Cuba's revolt was crushed with Gomez captured. Ireland pressed for home rule. US Japan tensions eased by a November agreement recognizing Japanese influence in China while protecting China's integrity and open door.
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Russia
Czar
Nicholas
Constantine
Greece
China
Hsuan Tung
Chang Tsun
Peking
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Cuba
Gomez
Great Britain
House of Commons
Lloyd George
Ireland
United States
Japan
McClure
der Sradicates
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